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Read more about the article Day 217: Songs For The Deaf

Day 217: Songs For The Deaf

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:5 August 2009
  • Post category:Benin/Burkina Faso/Niger/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:0 Comments

Frederick offered me a lift over the border on his bike, so at the cock’s call, we were hurtling towards Niger at a great rate of knots. There is a…

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Read more about the article Day 216: The Land of Honest Men

Day 216: The Land of Honest Men

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:4 August 2009
  • Post category:Benin/Burkina Faso/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:4 Comments

Once dawn had crept up on us unawares, the driver finally took us to our destination. A bus journey to the next town and then – as there were no…

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Read more about the article Day 215: Ben In Benin

Day 215: Ben In Benin

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:3 August 2009
  • Post category:Benin/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:2 Comments

An exceedingly frustrating day – first up, the Niger embassy was closed because it’s Independence Day over there at the moment. It’s going to be closed tomorrow as well. So…

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Read more about the article Day 214: Togo-A-Go-Go!

Day 214: Togo-A-Go-Go!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:2 August 2009
  • Post category:Benin/Ghana/The Odyssey Expedition/Togo/West Africa
  • Post comments:3 Comments

I had a chance to charge up my batteries and check my e-mails for the first time in God-knows-how-long. There was no way of progressing past Benin before the embassies…

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Read more about the article Day 213: Rockatansky!

Day 213: Rockatansky!

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:1 August 2009
  • Post category:Cote D'Ivoire/Ghana/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
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Aja and I had a good chat over breakfast about the future of Cote D’Ivoire. She says that she’s as optimistic as she can be about the elections in November…

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Read more about the article Day 212: Wined and Dined in Cote D’Ivoire

Day 212: Wined and Dined in Cote D’Ivoire

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:31 July 2009
  • Post category:Cote D'Ivoire/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
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I. LOVE. COUCHSURFING!!! Sorry, just had to get that off my chest. Now, where was I?Oh yes, Danané, Cote D’Ivoire.Got to the bus station for 6am. The minibus didn’t leave…

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Read more about the article Day 211: Into Rebel Territory

Day 211: Into Rebel Territory

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:30 July 2009
  • Post category:Cote D'Ivoire/Liberia/West Africa
  • Post comments:1 Comment

The driver fixed the tyre around 3am and we got into Ganta ten minutes later. I tried to check into a hotel for a few hours, but the cheapest place…

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Read more about the article Day 210: V is for Visa

Day 210: V is for Visa

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:29 July 2009
  • Post category:Liberia/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
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Shadi woke me up at the reasonable time of 7am and I made ready to do my thang – first off to the bank for readies (which I couldn’t get…

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Read more about the article Day 209: His Darkest Days

Day 209: His Darkest Days

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:28 July 2009
  • Post category:Liberia/Sierra Leone/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
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The popcorn was sweet. Just like Sierra Leone.I sprung out of bed at the unholy hour of 4am, because that’s when I heard that the bus left for Monrovia, the…

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Read more about the article Day 208: The Brain Drain

Day 208: The Brain Drain

  • Post author:Graham Hughes
  • Post published:27 July 2009
  • Post category:Sierra Leone/The Odyssey Expedition/West Africa
  • Post comments:4 Comments

It was an early start as I left the comfort of Paul and Helga’s place, said my hearty cheerios and headed to the Liberian embassy to buy myself a visa.…

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  • Part I: Man of the World
    • 1. South America
    • 2. The Caribbean
    • 3. Central & North America
    • 4. Europe
    • 5. West Africa
    • 6. Central Africa
    • 7. Southern Africa
    • 8. East Africa
  • Part II: Top of the World
    • 1. The Middle East
    • 2. North Africa
    • 3. Central Asia
    • 4. Arabia
    • 5. South Asia
    • 6. East Asia
    • 7. Southeast Asia
    • 8. Australasia
  • Part III: End of the World
    • 1. Intermission
    • 2. Melanesia
    • 3. Polynesia
    • 4. Micronesia
    • 5. Return to SE Asia
    • 6. Marooned!
    • 7. The Final Frontiers
    • 8. The Journey Home
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